Carole Lombard
Acting
Born: October 6, 1908 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Died: January 16, 1942 (aged 33)
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters, October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American film actress. She was particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s. She was the highest-paid star in Hollywood in the late 1930s. She was the third wife of actor Clark Gable. Lombard was born into a wealthy family in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but was raised in Los Angeles by her single mother. At 12, she was recruited by the film director Allan Dwan and made her screen debut in A Perfect Crime (1921). Eager to become an actress, she signed a contract with the Fox Film Corporation at age 16, but mainly played bit parts. She was dropped by Fox after a car accident left a scar on her face. Lombard appeared in 15 short comedies for Mack Sennett between 1927 and 1929, and then began appearing in feature films such as High Voltage and The Racketeer. After a successful appearance in The Arizona Kid (1930), she was signed to a contract with Paramount Pictures. Paramount quickly began casting Lombard as a leading lady, primarily in drama films. Her profile increased when she married William Powell in 1931, but the couple divorced after two years. A turning point in Lombard's career came when she starred in Howard Hawks' pioneering screwball comedy Twentieth Century (1934). The actress found her niche in this genre, and continued to appear in films such as Hands Across the Table (1935) (forming a popular partnership with Fred MacMurray), My Man Godfrey (1936), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Nothing Sacred (1937). At this time, Lombard married "the King of Hollywood", Clark Gable, and the supercouple gained much attention from the media. Keen to win an Oscar, at the end of the decade, Lombard began to move towards more serious roles. Unsuccessful in this aim, she returned to comedy in Alfred Hitchcock's Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) and Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or Not to Be (1942)—her final film role. Lombard's career was cut short when she died at the age of 33 in an airplane crash on Mount Potosi, Nevada while returning from a war bond tour. Today, she is remembered as one of the definitive actresses of the screwball comedy genre and American comedy, and ranks among the American Film Institute's greatest female stars of classic Hollywood cinema.
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
1942
My Man Godfrey
1936
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
1941
Twentieth Century
1934
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Nothing Sacred
1937
In Name Only
1939
Made for Each Other
1939
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Supernatural
1933
The Eagle and the Hawk
1933
No Man of Her Own
1932
Photos (15)
Movies (89)
To Be or Not to Be
Maria Tura
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Ann
My Man Godfrey
Irene Bullock
Nothing Sacred
Hazel Flagg
Made for Each Other
Jane Mason
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
The Best Man
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
In Name Only
Julie Eden
Me, Gangster
Blonde Rosie
The Eagle and the Hawk
The Beautiful Lady
Hands Across the Table
Regi Allen
Twentieth Century
Lily Garland, formerly Mildred Plotka
The Princess Comes Across
Princess Olga / Wanda Nash
The Big Parade of Comedy
Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
The Gay Bride
Mary Magiz
Rumba
Diana Harrison
Love Before Breakfast
Kay Colby
The Campus Carmen
Carole
No Man of Her Own
Connie Randall
The Girl from Everywhere
Vera Veranda - Miss Anybody
True Confession
Helen Bartlett
Up Pops the Devil
Anne Merrick
Brief Moment
Abby Fane Deane
Swing High, Swing Low
Maggie King
Death In Hollywood
1990
Now and Forever
Toni Day
Power
Another Dame (as Carol Lombard)
Dear Mr. Gable
(archive footage)
Showbiz Goes to War
(archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1938
Kay Winters (archive footage) (uncredited)
His Unlucky Night
Peggy - Telephone Operator
The Golden Age of Comedy
archive footage
Gold Heels
Bit (uncredited)
Virtue
Mae
Man of the World
Mary Kendall
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind
archive footage
Sinners in the Sun
Doris Blake
The Racketeer
Rhoda Philbrooke
High Voltage
Billie ("Phyllis")
My Best Girl
Flirty Blonde Salesgirl (uncredited)
The Plastic Age
Co-ed (uncredited)
The Arizona Kid
Virginia Hoyt
The Johnstown Flood
Gloria's Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Gold Digger of Weepah
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Bolero
Helen Hathaway
Ladies' Man
Rachel Fendley
The Girl from Nowhere
Miss Boyle - Dress Shop Owner
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Pretty Ladies
Showgirl (uncredited)
Dick Turpin
Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Motorboat Mamas
Automobile Passenger (uncredited)
Motorboat Mamas
Automobile Passenger
Safety in Numbers
Pauline
Vigil in the Night
Anne Lee
They Knew What They Wanted
Amy Peters
The Beach Club
Jump Rope Girl on Beach
The Swim Princess
Trudy - the Swim Star
Supernatural
Roma Courtney
No One Man
Penelope 'Nep' Newbold
From Hell to Heaven
Colly Tanner
A Perfect Crime
Griggs' Kid Sister (as Jane Peters)
We're Not Dressing
Doris Worthington
White Woman
Judith Denning
No More Orchids
Annie Holt
Fast and Loose
Alice O'Neil
Big News
Margaret Banks
Smith's Army Life
Clarence's Wife
I Take This Woman
Kay Dowling
Matchmaking Mamma
Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)
Ned McCobb's Daughter
Jennie
Smith's Restaurant
Minor Role (uncredited)
Run, Girl, Run
Norma Nurmi
The Fighting Eagle
(unconfirmed)
It Pays to Advertise
Mary Grayson
Lady by Choice
Alabam Lee
The Campus Vamp
Carole (as Carol Lombard)
The Road to Glory
Bit Part (as Carol Lombard)
Show Folks
Cleo (as Carol Lombard)
Fools for Scandal
Kay Winters
The Bicycle Flirt
Mabel - the Wife's Sister
Hearts and Spurs
Sybil Estabrook
Normandie ne partira pas ce soir
2021
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
Durand of the Bad Lands
Ellen Boyd
Gold and the Girl
1925
The Divine Sinner
Millie Claudert
Marriage in Transit
Celia Hathaway
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (13)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
Carole Lombard
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anthony Quinn: An Original
Self (archive footage)
Gable: The King Remembered
Herself (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self - Actress 'Nothing Sacred' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Love Story of Jean Harlow and William Powell
Self (archive footage)
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Self